Alan Schneider Papers, 1929-1980

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Subseries: Subseries 5: Writing Materials
Scope and Content Note: The materials in this subseries are divided into two sections. The first is “Published Writings.” This section includes articles and essays by Schneider arranged chronologically and annotated with the title of the source. The second, “Unpublished Writings,” consists of plays, poetry, short stories, and essays written by Schneider at various times during his career. There is little information regarding the specific time of writing. This category also includes notes from lectures and speeches delivered by Schneider, as well as brochures from a variety of programs in which he participated.
Published Writings
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“The End of Tea-Cup Theatre” Players Magazine, 1943 May
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“Theatre as a Weapon” Bulletin of Council of American-Soviet Friendships, 1944
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“Kerr Going Up” Washington Evening Star, 1944
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Poem: “Question for the Day” Washington Evening Star, 1944 September
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“A Theatre Grows in Brookland” Players Magazine, 1945 May
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“Return to Action” Theatre Arts, 1947
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“Another Part of the Elephant” National Theatre Conference Bulletin, 1949 December
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“Producing Plays on Broadway” Amerika Illustrated, 1953-1954
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“Off-Broadway is On” Theatre Annual, 1955-1956
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“Four in the Round” Theatre Arts, 1956
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“The New School Tie” or “Not Waiting for Godot” New York Times, 1956
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“How's Your Old Proscenium Arch?” New York Times, 1957
“A Tale of Two Cities” published in Ten Talents in the American Theatre, ed. by David Stevens
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Correspondence, 1955 August-1960 July
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Manuscript drafts
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“What's Wrong With Alex?” New York Herald Tribune, 1960
New Leader
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Correspondence, 1961 May-1963 February
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Four articles
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Seven typewritten articles, five rough drafts
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Comments on The Impossible Theatre by H. Blau, 1964
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“The Bread and Wine of Bertolt Brecht” published in Bertolt Brecht Portraits, ed. by G. Goedhart, 1964
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Letter to Drama Editor of New York Times, 1965
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“Laughter Among the Ruins” Show, 1965
Introduction to Acting is Believing by C. McGaw
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Correspondence, 1965-1966
Note: Also original manuscript, galley proofs.
“On” from The Artist and His Audience
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Preliminary drafts and notes
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Typewritten manuscript (delivered at the University of Chicago Conference, 1966)
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Galley proofs
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Other manuscripts in , 1966 Conference proceedings included in the book
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Transcripts of taped Symposia with references to Schneider's paper
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“The Off-Broadway Experience,” interview for book by Howard Greenberger, 1967
“Let's Be Beastly to the British” New York Times, 1967
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Correspondence, 1967
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“Long Season's Journey Into Not Much” Theatre World Manual, London
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“What's He So Afraid Of?” Tulane Drama Review
Unpublished Writings
One-act plays
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Four in the Dark
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The Young Men
Plays
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They Will Live Again
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We Shall Not Sleep
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The World is Kind
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Home Sweet Home
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Six revue sketches, one radio script
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Three produced radio scripts
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Eight short stories
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Poetry by Schneider
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Two plays, three reviews, one song
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Song: “A Little Piece of String”
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Eleven articles
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Three articles, one editorial
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Thirteen articles
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Five articles regarding theater
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“The Magic Keynote” (sent out for jobs)
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Miscellaneous theater articles
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Two notebooks: “Thoughts in Passing” and “Words in Passing,” 1940
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Miscellaneous notes and writings
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Lectures, speeches, paper delivered at the Social Construction Conference of the National Association of Teachers of Speech, 1944 December
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Notes from speech: “The Arena Theatre Needs a Theatre,” 1950
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Lincoln Center Discussion, “A Rock Through the Window,” 1966
Scope and Content Note: Schneider discusses the American theater, his production of Edward Albee's play A Delicate Balance, theater audiences, and critics.
U.S. Mss 57AN
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Lecture tour, 1966-1967
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Lecture notes from International Theatre Institute Conference (ITI), Iceland, 1967 May
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Montreal Colloquium, 1967
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American Educational Theatre Association (AETA) , 1967 Convention
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“Tribute to Jacques Lipschitz,” notes and source materials, 1967
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Notes from lectures Schneider has delivered
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Programs, brochures, etc. from talks by Schneider